When I pick up a Sookie Stackhouse novel, many time I feel like I’m putting on warm fuzzy bunny slippers. There is a familiar comfort to the cadence and the flow of these books that I simply enjoy. When I read Charlaine’s books I simply just sit back, enjoy the ride and maybe live a little vicariously through Sookie seeing as she gets to be around the types of beings I only get to dream of, vampires and werewolves and the like.

While I enjoy the Sookie Stackhouse books and they all have that familiar comfort this book felt a little outside of the norm. I enjoyed the read and it was just as cozy as I described above but it was lacking at the same time. In picking up one of these novels I’ve come to expect a good bit of mystery and intrigue, Sookie’s life to be in danger on more than one occasion and for there to be some rather sexy moments between Sookie and a supernatural male of choice. Sadly this was not the case with the book. It had promise it had intrigue – Sookie’s life was in danger but not in such thrilling ways where I was on the edge of my seat.

Sookie also spent most of her time swinging from one even to the next trying to keep her head afloat and not really digging into any mysterious events or deaths even though there was a serial killer roaming around trying to kill shifters. It was kind of clear at least to me who did the shooting long before Sookie even pieced any of it together and honestly the discovery of who did it was merely by chance. Additionally the only sexy moment was when Sookie was getting her leg licked by a newly introduced shifter. It sounds kinky and weird I admit but given the situation it was less kinky and more logical and a bit sexual.

Honestly this book in the series was akin to the second movie in a trilogy, lot of important information and filler but a bit lacking in the action. I will admit it made a lot of sense for Sookie as a character to not get too romantically involved with anyone given everything that had happened in her life. She had recently been through a lot of drama in the previous books and most people like Sookie would need a break and would sort of swing from event to event as it played in the book – so I can credit Charlene Harris for her use of character development in this book but it was still highly disappointing when you are expecting something a little more both romantically and mystery wise. I am hoping the next book will pick back up with the romantic interludes and mysterious intrigue. With that said I’ll have to give this book a 3 out of 5 pages – it is not worth skipping but you don’t want to expect to get much out of this book.

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1) Is this book in English? What the heck?
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4) I’m recommending this. To everyone. That I think is moderately literate at all.
5) Everyone should own this book.

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